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Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is created
Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of nuclear attack -
computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time
The first hosts on what would one day become the internet. -
An Arpanet network was established
Network between Harvard, MIT, and BBN (the company that created the "interface message processor" computers used to connect to the network) 1970 was created. -
Email was first developed
Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who made the decision to use the "@" symbol to separate the user name from the computer name (which later on became the domain name) -
The begining of TCP/IP
A proposal was published to link Arpa-like networks together into so-called "inter-network", which would have no central control and would work around a transmission control protocol (which eventually became TCP/IP). -
The First Personal Computer Modem is Invented
The modern was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington, and was introduced and initially sol to computer hobbyists. -
Spam is born
The first unsolicited commercial email message(later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California Arpanet user by Gary Thuerk. -
MUD - The earliest form of multiplayer games was debuted
The precursor to World of Warcraft and Second Life was developed in 1979 and was called MUD (short for MultiUser Dungeon). MUDs were entirely test-based virtual worlds, combining elements of role-playing games, interactive, fiction, and online chat. -
The first emoticon :-)
The first emoticon was used While many people credit Kevin MacKenzie with the invention of the emoticon in 1979, it was Scott Fahlman in 1982 who proposed using :-) after a joke, rather than the original -) proposed by MacKenzie. -
The domain name system was created
The first Domain Name Servers (DNS) was created. The domain name system was important in that it made addresses on the internet more human-friendly compared to its numerical IP address counterparts. DNS severs allowed Internet users to type in an easy-to-remember domain name and then converted it to the IP address automatically. -
World Wide Web protocols finished
The code for the World Wide Web was written by Tim Berners-Lee, based on his proposal from the year before, along with the standards for HTML, HTTP, and URLs. -
First web page created 1991
brought some major innovations to the world of the Internet. The first web page was created and, much like the first email explained what email was, its purpose was to explain what the World Wide Web was. -
Grand Theft Auto
Grand Theft Auto is an open world action-adventure video game series created by David Jones and Mike Dailly; the later titles of which were created by brothers Dan and Sam Houser, Leslie Benzies and Aaron Garbut. It is primarily developed by Rockstar North (formerly DMA Design), and published by Rockstar Games. The name of the series references the term used in the US for motor vehicle theft. Source -
IMVU
IMVU, Inc., (/ˈɪmvjuː/) is an online metaverse and website. IMVU was founded in 2004 and was originally backed by venture investors Menlo Ventures, Allegis Capital, Bridgescale Partners and Best Buy Capital. IMVU members use 3D avatars to meet new people, chat, create, and play games. Source -
Creation of Facebook
Facebook (stylized as facebook) is a for-profit corporation and online social media and social networking service based in Menlo Park, California, United States. The Facebook website was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg, along with fellow Harvard College students and roommates, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. Source -
Myspace
Myspace.com (stylized as myspace) is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos. It is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. Source -
Creation of Youtube
The history of YouTube began when PayPal employees created a video-sharing website where users could upload, share and view content.[1] The Internet domain name www.youtube.com was activated on Monday, February 14, 2005 at 9:13 P.M Source -
Reblox
Roblox (stylized as RŌBLOX) is a MMOG created and marketed toward children and teenagers aged 8–18. In the game, players are able to create their own virtual world, in which they or other members may enter and socialize within the blocks of varying shapes, sizes, and colors. Source -
Animal Jam
National Geographic Animal Jam is a massively multiplayer online virtual world launched in 2010 by Wild Works in partnership with the National Geographic Society. The game, which has experienced 500% year-over-year growth, has more than 50 million registered players, and it is one of the fastest-growing online kids properties worldwide. Source -
Creation of Instagram
Instagram was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and launched in October 2010 as a free mobile app. The service rapidly gained popularity, with over 100 million active users as of April 2012 and over 300 million as of December 2014. Source -
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Call of Duty: Black Ops is a first-person shooter video game, developed by Treyarch and published by Activision. It was released worldwide on November 9, 2010 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii consoles, with a separate version for Nintendo DS developed by n-Space. Source -
Minecraft
Minecraft is a three-dimensional sandbox game that has no specific goals for the player to accomplish, allowing players a great amount of freedom in choosing how to play the game. Source
